Date:	2-18-2010
Number of Hours:	5.00
Brief Description:	Flip back center arm
Finished the canopy center-aft arm and riveted it to the aft fuselage. Image 1 shows the hinge and arms with the canopy open. Image 2 and 3 show the arm with the canopy closed. It seems quite flimsy now, but I think with the canopy installed to the frame will tighten it up. Since I used a brass hinge and solid rivets I was thinking that I may paint the center-aft arm but I'm not sure. This can be painted at any time. I installed the handles on the latch frame before I tried them and discovered that they need to be further forward than they are. Not that big of a deal, since I’ll be painting all this stuff, I just need to bondo up the holes before I paint. There are still some slight modifications I need to make to the canopy latches and the centering stud to make opening and closing the canopy smoother. I also may make some slight modifications to the forward arms to make then just a bit stiffer.